■HEALTH
Vaccinations set for Monday
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reminded the public that A(H1N1) influenza vaccinations for pregnant women, children aged between one and six and patients with severe injuries aged seven and over would become available from Monday. CDC spokesman Chou Jih-haw (周志浩) said indications were that 90 percent of parents would take their children to receive the shots. The CDC plans to complete all vaccinations for elementary school children before the beginning of next month, he said.
■CULTURE
TAV to hold open studio
Taipei Artist Village (TAV), an artist community run by the Taipei Culture Foundation, has announced that it will hold a two-day winter open studio event on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. “Artists from around the world will show you their artworks from their unlimited creativity, the everlasting passion of their hearts, and their hard work during their residency,” the TAV said in a newsletter. The event, titled SuPerArt, will be held at TAV in downtown Taipei and at its sister facility, Grass Mountain Artist Village in suburban Taipei, the newsletter said. Some artists will open their studios to showcase projects and meet visitors, while others will set up workshops, the newsletter said.
■POLITICS
Sheng to replace Huang
The Executive Yuan yesterday confirmed Taipei City Government Research, Development and Evaluation Commission Director-General Emile Sheng (盛治仁) would succeed Huang Pi-twan (黃碧端) as minister of Council of Culture Affairs. Huang tendered her resignation last month. Meanwhile, an Executive Yuan official said on condition of anonymity yesterday that Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) had appointed former Minister of Economic Affairs Yiin Chii-ming (尹啟銘) as the Cabinet’s minister without portfolio to push for the government’s plan to sign an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China and attract Chinese capital.
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